This project provided quantitative evidence on the consequences of forced displacement for those who are displaced, their hosts and those who return home after the end of the conflict. The project focused on the case of Tanzania as the host country of refugees and Burundi as the main source country of refugees.

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UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA) 

"The impact of refugee repatriation on receiving communities" (I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva), Journal 

of Economic Geography, 2020. Download

"The impact of refugee experiences on education: evidence from Burundi” (S. Fransen, M. Siegel and C. Vargas-Silva), IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 8(6), 2018. Download 

"Who reintegrates? The constituents of reintegration of displaced populations" (S. Fransen and O. Bilgili), 

Population, Space and Place, 24(6), 2018. Download

"Return migration and economic outcomes in the conflict context" (S. Fransen, I. Ruiz, C. Vargas-Silva),

World Development, 95: 196-210, 2017. Download

"The labour market consequences of hosting refugees" (I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva), 

Journal of Economic Geography, 16(3): 667-694, 2016. Download 

"The labour market impacts of forced migration" (I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva), 

American Economic Review, 105(5): 581-586, 2015. Download

Twenty Years Later the Refugees are Back, link here.

“The Consequences of Refugee Return.” link here.

“The Consequences of Hosting Refugees." link here.

“Conflict, Displacement and Education.”  link here.